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Gotama the Buddha His Life and His Teaching
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THE TEACHING TODAY
he teaching of Gotama the Buddha is once again
flourishing in India and many parts of the world. For…
Nature & Health
freedom from distraction; in its sound moral base
which reduces the mental discomfort of worry and
conflict; in its safety of…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin Journal
Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899-1971) 9
It was on 1 January 1937, that Sayagyi
tried meditation for the first time. A student
of…
Venerable Ledi Sayadaw
(1846-1923)
by Vipassana Research Institute
The Ven. Ledi Sayadaw1
was
born
in
1846
in
Saing-…
82 The Chain of Teachers
“Would you be interested in learning the
Vedas (ancient sacred writings of Hinduism)?”
asked…
Venerable Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923) 83
definitive information, it seems likely that this
was the period when he began…
84 The Chain of Teachers
By 1911 his reputation both as a scholar and
meditation master had grown to such an extent
that the…
Saya Thetgyi (1873-1945) 87
When he was around twenty-three, he began
to practise meditation with a lay teacher, Saya
Nyunt…
88 The Chain of Teachers
way he could repay them was to give them the
Dhamma.
Other relatives including his wife’s cousin,…
Saya Thetgyi (1873-1945) 89
Nevertheless, Ledi Sayadaw’s exhortation
to him to teach Vipassana in his stead was a
solemn…
Dhamma Is for One and All
by S.N. Goenka
Sayagyi’s Decision
On behalf of the Buddha
S±sana
Council,
its
General…